Stop Media Comment Spamming
by DeveloperWil · Media
Also makes 4 other plugins · 3.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Stops media comment spamming by removing the ability to comment on attachments.
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈850 estimated
Momentum
+44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “stop comment spam” for “stop”. “stop comment spam” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “stop” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
80 health vs 62 average across 3,286 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 18.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,321 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 70 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| stop media comments your tag | #3 | #20 | up 1 |
| stop media comment spam your tag | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| remove attachment comments your tag | #8 | #22 | down 2 |
| stop | #9 | #22 | up 2 |
| remove media comments your tag | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| stop comment spam your tag | #13 | #24 | up 1 |
| comment attachment | #6 | #21 | up 2 |
| comment attachments | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| attachments comment | #6 | #21 | down 2 |
| stop comments | #9 | #19 | 0 |
| media comments | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| disable media comments | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| disable attachment comments | #12 | #23 | down 2 |
| comment remove | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| remove comment | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| comment spam | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| stop spam | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “stop comment spam” for “stop”. “stop comment spam” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “stop” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “stop comment spam”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 206 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.3y ago
latest release · v1.8.3 · 4 Jul 2024
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ oliversaar3.4y ago
Works as it should and solved the latest bulk of spam entries in our images.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RossMitchell7.7y ago
It just does what it says. It beats me why this is not part of WordPress core. I install this plugin on every site I develop.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webmystery9.7y ago
I uploaded a bunch of media in a new site before I remembered to turn comments off. I installed and activated this plugin and voila – all media pages now have comments disabled. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tonydjukic12.7y ago
I don’t know if it ever worked, but a few weeks after install and activation, I logged into a client’s site and saw that there was still spam on media files.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jason Kemp13.2y ago
This plugin may have worked earlier but I have it on several older themed sites and it has either stopped working or it didn’t work that well in the first place. It is a good idea but there are probably some exceptions that are blocking it from working on all sites.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ laCabriole13.3y ago
Does not work for WP 3.2.1 … attachment spam still coming in …
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 934 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Remove Attachment Comments", "Remove Media Comments", "Stop Comment Spam", "Stop Media Comments" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-24 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 800+ → 900+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 900+ → 800+ down after 283 days in tier
- 2025-07-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 6 days in tier
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